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漂泊

piāo bó

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

漂泊 (piāo bó) means "(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 漂泊 means

1. (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor
2. (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence

The characters in 漂泊

• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 泊pōlake; Taiwan pr. bó

Sounds the same

Read piāo bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飘泊variant of 漂泊

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